Investment Funds

Committee Update

19th Annual Conference on the Globalisation of Investment Funds 1 - 4 June 2008 Bermuda

A conference co-presented by the IBA Investment Funds Committee and the National Investment Company Service Association (NICSA), and supported by the IBA North American Regional Forum.   This event features executives from the global managed funds industry, leading legal practitioners and audit partners, and regulators from the United States, Europe and offshore jurisdictions. Join delegates from over 30 countries for an in-depth review of the major issues affecting the global hedge, private equity, real estate and investment funds community. Who should attend? Fund manager executives, lawyers accountants, bankers and other service providers involved with the global investment funds industry. Further information on this conference is avaible here

Committee Overview

The Investment Funds Committee provides a convenient forum for its members to consider current developments in the global investment funds industry, including both regulatory and product development.  It also produces an annual newsletter for its members.  In addition to its programmes at the annual IBA conferences, the Committee presents an annual conference on Globalisation of Mutual Funds normally held in Bermuda in April/May – now in its 16th successful year.  Co-sponsored by the National Investment Company Service Association (NICSA), the event attracts delegates from approximately 30 countries.

The Committee also has established Specialised Investment Funds Subcommittee.  The Subcommittee focuses on specialised collective investment vehicles such as venture capital, real estate, hedge, leverage buy-out and commodity funds.  In addition to its programme at the annual IBA conferences, the subcommittee annually presents the Private Investment Funds Conference normally held in London each winter.  This conference is co-sponsored by the Private Funds Committee of the American Bar Association and is now in its sixth successful year.

Additionally, the Investment Funds Committee works with the following Committees to form the Financial Services Section:

Banking Law
Capital Markets Forum
Insurance
Securities Law

Committee Conferences

For further information on any forthcoming or past IBA event, go to the conference homepage  or contact the marketing department.  

Committee Publications

The Investment Funds Committee produces a bi-annual newsletter or e-bulletin.

Committee members can download the latest issue of the e-bulletin (April 2008)

For further details of all IBA publications including books, journals, newsletters, conference papers and free guides and materials go to the publications homepage. 

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